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>> shannon: a fox news alert. secretary of state rex tillerson and defense secretary jim mattis up on the hill this evening. senators pressing the two on whether or not the president can keep using old authorities pastors days after 9/11 to fight an expanding war against al qaeda offshoots worldwide. national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us from the pentagon. a very busy night tonight. great to happy with you with us, jennifer. let's start with this. as they are testifying, have we learned anything new today about the attacks in niger? >> thanks, shannon. congratulations on yo...

It continues to suffer from a lack of enabling equipment and it expends most of its resources protecting and resupplying itself. >> the u.n. security council met to discuss the rising terrorist threat in africa following the deaths of four american soldiers. a democrat warned against mission creep. >> i don't think the american people want the united states conducting a global endless shadow war under the radar covert and beyond scrutiny. >> defense secretary jim mattis and secretary of state rex tillerson appeared before that committee. >> sandra: did we learn anything new about the niger amb...

They've got certain legal strictures on our side they can take advantage of. we call it law fare. they use our laws against us. >> u.s. military using the same 16-year-old war authorization to conduct attacks against terrorists following the 9/11 attacks. >> sandra: thank you. >> bill: watch this story from the hill today. the big social media giants set to open up how big a role russia played trying to swing voters before the presidential election. details what we might hear on the hill. bob mueller after his first indictments and how the president reacts this morning. >> there is clear evide...

Real russian collusion. the president's attorney says mr. trump's tweets are unrelated to mueller news. >> so all of this could overshadow a big week for president trump. house republicans are set to unveil their tax bill but suffering a major setback ahead of the announcement. and his pick for federal reserve chief before embarking on a five-nation trip to asia. a senate panel begins today for a the need for a new war authorization sparked by the deadly ambush in niger. secretary of state tillerson will be in the hot seat this afternoon. we have it all covered for you. jessica, take us throug...

Today at 5:00 p.m., the senate foreign relations committee will meet with both of them on the issue. lawmakers want to know whether they need a new war authorization, au ms, why took two days to recover the body of johnson after the ambush. pentagon said, he was never left behind. >> reporters are getting wrong on the niger ambush? >> what they got wrong, that we abandon one of our soldiers. as the chairman said, there's someone always looking for him. >> french and nigerian forces were looking for johnson. before taking captive, his body was discovered by nigerian forces, a u.s. drove mike du...